Third try. Good thing I'm not using this computer to try to fly a  
helicopter.
 
https://civileats.com/2010/10/14/the-troubled-waters-of-big-ags-academic-inf
luence/
The  Troubled Waters of Big Ag's Academic Influence
EDITED

Last month, the  University of Minnesota caused a stir when it 
postponed the release of  "Troubled Waters" - a film that focuses on 
the effect agriculture is having  on U.S. waterways from Minnesota to 
the Gulf of Mexico.

The film's  team had thoroughly fact-checked the film and followed the 
review process  utilized by the PBS science program NOVA.

Not long after the news broke  that Troubled Waters was being held up, 
it came to light that VP of  University Relations Karen Himle was 
behind the film's purgatory. This  information was notable because her 
husband John Himle is president of Himle  Horner, a public relations 
firm that represents the Minnesota Agri-Growth  Council, a group that 
promotes both ethanol production and industrial  agriculture practices.

More troubling, Cargill - which is a key player in  ethanol production 
- has its VP on the University of Minnesota's  board.

Controversies around agriculture at universities are not new, but  it 
has become more frequent in recent years, as the public becomes more  
aware of food production methods and industrial agriculture groups 
feel  threatened by the pressure to change. Just last fall Michael 
Pollan was  scheduled to give a solo lecture at California Polytechnic 
State University  when Harris Ranch Beef Company Chairman David Wood 
threatened to cut off  $500,000 in funding to the university if he was 
allowed to do so.

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